Tag-fastener.



D. E. WALSHE.

TAG FASTBNER.

APPLIOATION FILM) BEO. 12, 191a.

Patented July l4, 1914.

' 1,103,85&

DEII IY EEMUNI WALEHE, QIE' GRAND SALINE,*TEKAS.

TAG-AS'IENER T all wk0m z't may ooncem Be it known that I, DENNY EDMUNDVALSI-IE, a citizen of the United S@ates f merica, residing at Grund.Sahne, in the county 0f Van Zandt, in the State 0f Texas,

have invented certain new zm i useful Im-.

provements in Tag-Fasteners, whereof the following is a speification. y

This invention relates to tag fetsteners designed to be especially usaful in la1ge mercantile establishments conducting a mail orderbusinessin which a great multipli'city 0f packages are prepared f0r Inailing byparcel post er ofherwise.

The objeci; 0f the invention is to provide 5 tag faslbener of simpleconstruction and trifling cost, which can be appiied t0 the package withgrea.t rapidity and which will not easily become detached therefrom,-thus economizing time -of the ma'il order ship ping clerks and insuringsaf8ty in the delivery of the packag9.

Figure 1 f the accompanying drawings represents a perspective view cf apackage 130 which a tagis secured by thisimprovec tag fastener. Fig. 2represe1nts aLn enlarged side elevation of a tag fastener embodying oneform 0f this invention showing aisection of the tag attached at one endand a section of the bmding cord 0f the package at nhe other end. gFig.3 represents a side elemision of this improved tag in the first stage'0f the operati0n of hooking the fastener to the binding cordof apackage, t-he loop'ed hook o:f the faste ner entering under said eo"r.Fig'. 4 represents a side elevation thereof in which the' 100 ed hook ofthe fastener is m cf Fig. 1 ancl ex'dag'1tedto contain'gn v01ce 01 thecontent3} 0f13h8 paclgage', The same leference' numbers mdicate co1vrespoxlding Parts throughbv the difiemrent lower side, a tag loop 13 atits inner end in- This tag fastener 10 is compbsed 0f flat steel Wire inone piede, said wire having more 01: less resilienee.

This-fastener comprises a shank 11 .along its upper side, a,springtongue 12 along it s tegral With said shank and tongue and alooped hook 15 ab its outer end integral with said shank and adapted toengage the bindmg cord of the package. This looped hook 15 is formed bya primary return bend 16 forming a continuation Cf and Patentleiciii,19.14,

a sedondz'zry return bend 17 foi%mir1ga c0ntinuation of the returxi band16.- This 100j ed hook is disposed adjacent to the spring tongue 12 andprojects laterally beyond said tongue. The secondary return bend isdisposed 0n an incline and forms a looped bil1 which is at an acuteangle t0 the shank and adapted t0 pass readily under a 'package bindingcord in the normal p0sition in Which t-he tag fastener is grasped asindicated in Fig.. 3. The end 01 the secondary return -bend 17 ispreferably folded -forming a reinfdrced tip 18. The free end of thespring tongue 12 rests normally againsi; the tip 18 of the looped hook15 and yields automatically to permit the entrance of the fasteningcords and acts as a lock against accidentd release thereof.

This tag fastener is designed to be abt2 zcl 1ed to an address tag 20 orother tag by passing the tongue 12 through the reinforced eyelet 21 0fsaid tagf and hanging the tag in the loop 13. The reinforced eyelet ofthe taig is prefembly provided with a squa1e opening 22. These 33W0parts arte designed 'to be united ab the factory and seid together. asan article 0f manufacture.

An envelop tag 30 adapted t0 contain am ihvoice *or other papers andprovided With a. reinforced eyelet 21 may be substituted for the tag20.. T he flattened wire in C011- nection with the square opening 0f thereinforcecl eyelet tends 130 maintain the tag in -proper position 011thepfackage.

" In the use 0f this invention, the package pr'iried with a, bindingcord 50 which is preferably passed around said package in diflerntirections forming an intefsecting junction 51., The pa ckage thusprepared is grasped.in 011a band and. the tag 20 Q1 30 be&ping theaddress and carryir 1g the tag fa'stener 10 is grasped in the otherband. The looped hook 15 is then brought into c'ontact with the over 01covering 015 the package 40 -somewhat in adxmnce o'f thc; binding cord50, preferablj' adjacent t0 the junction 51.0f said cord. Then the haamlholding the wg and its 'fast-ener is given quick jerk backvvard and the100 30d h0ok 15 passes under said cord 51 which is adjacent to andextends laterally beyon the spring tongue 12, said cord first ridingover the re turn band 17 of said hook as shown in Fig. 3,

thence u'nder the'spring tongue 12, automati ca1ly lifti'ng the latteraftr its. engagementwith said hook as shown.inFig. 4, and the 1mepassing into the loop of said loopedhooka's tener ams shown in Fig. l.

It is thus apparent thz'zt hunreds and' thousa1ncls 0f address tags canbe appliedjto packages by the aid of this fastener m'a.

very short time. I claim as my invention:

A tag fastener composed of Wire in one piece and comprisin a shankforming one' side 0-f the fastener, a spring 'tongue formin'g theopposite side thereof, a ta 100 and a looped hook adjacent .to a ndextendform 1ng a contmuat1on 0f sa1d shan an tongue laherally beyondsaidjton e and adm- -pmse9cl*ofn2n primary ;return e nd integral1Wifihthe opposite epd ofsaid sh;i1ik-n a DENNY. IEDMUND WALSHE.

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